Objectives Examine the reliability of sociodemographic variables in predicting initiation of breastfeeding within an hour of birth (EarlyBF), using data from 1998, 2003 and 2008&ndash;2009.
Study design A replication ...

Migration of people has become a common economic activity that individuals depend on to improve their status. Women in the Northern part of Ghana have found migration and working as female porters in the Greater Accra ...

Background: This thesis contributes to the topic of autism in an African context by studying the experiences of parents raising a child with autism in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The majority of publications that focus on autism ...

Background:
During the last decade there has been growing concern about lack of results in the
health sector of many low-income countries. Prompted by a need to achieve progress,
Results-Based Financing (RBF) has become ...

This research explores the aspirations and life experiences of Somali immigrant women in Bergen as they embark on gender-tuned interpretation of the Quran as a source of bargaining power within the household and in the ...

Background:
This paper examines the potential for community conversations to strengthen positive responses to
HIV in resource-poor environments. Community conversations are an intervention method through which local
people ...

Nursing in Uganda is a highly stressful, underpaid profession, leading to worrisome attrition
levels; yet some nurses do manage to stay on the job and thrive. This study explored the ways
in which religion influences the ...

Objective: This study aimed to (1) See whether increased or decreased variation relate to subjective reports of common somatic and psychological symptoms for a population on long-term sick leave; and (2) See if this pattern ...

Background: In Western countries, the relationship between smoking intentions and smoking behaviour is well established. However, youth smoking intentions and associated factors in developing countries are largely unexplored ...

There appears to be a paradox in Ethiopia. On the one hand, the country's development policy emphasises the central role of the agricultural sector and the need of cultivating a new generation of young, literate, and capable ...

Botswana has been running Safe Male Circumcision (SMC) since 2009 and has not yet met its target. Donors like the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Africa Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnership (funded by the ...

Background: The many reasons why people eat what they eat
are complex. Many health challenges are attributable to diet.
Knowledge about the underlying causes of people's diet can be
used in health promotion activities ...

Background: Uganda is hard hit by poor access to clean water, lack of basic sanitary facilities and practices, and the high cost of health care, all contributing to a high toll of infection-related illness. Although Uganda ...

Background: In most maternity wards in Norway, early discharge (less than 48h) has become standard for women in confinement and their babies. To monitor babies and women's health the first week after delivery, several ...

Background: In recent years, adolescents&rsquo; food habits have become a major source of concern, and substantial policy and intervention efforts have been made to influence adolescents to consume more fruit and vegetables ...